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CVE-2025-8959

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Arbitrary Read through Symlink Attack

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
HashiCorp

Description

HashiCorp's go-getter library subdirectory download feature is vulnerable to symlink attacks leading to unauthorized read access beyond the designated directory boundaries. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-8959, is fixed in go-getter 1.7.9.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

HashiCorp Shared library

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.7.8affected

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